HS Boy Graduation Gift idea suggestions
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Anonymous
| Budget is $200. Cash or gift card is not appropriate for this individual. Please help with ideas. |
Anonymous
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For HS grads, I go really practical. I make a gift bag of different things that college kids need and never realize until they don't have it. I have different inspirations for each kid, but my bags in the past have included.
Flashlights -- depending on the kid I have done headlamps from REI, plug in rechargeable flash lights, small hand held flash lights 3M Command hooks all different sizes Febreeze Bottles of ibuprofen, excedrine migraine, cough drops, a thermometer, sudafed, bandaids, neosporin, cold packs Extension cords Magnets Painters tape Ear plugs Eyeshades I usually take the gift bag and put it inside a laundry basket When the graduate is someone close to us and my budget is higher, I include a "nice" item. For a boy it might be a fancy pen or a monogrammed fleece blanket for their dorm room. For a girl it might be a shawl that you can wear out or use as lap throw in the dorm room. |
Anonymous
| Raybans? |
Anonymous
| Will he have a car at college? You can get that battery thing you can put in the trunk of your car to jump the car. And an AAA membership or some car maintenance tools. |
Anonymous
| Can you top up the school meals account? |
Anonymous
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beanbag chair
lap desk canister vacuum desk fan desk light a trunk (works as a footstool, rather than just being shoved in a closet) You can do a combination of these for under $200 easily. |
Anonymous
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Kindle?
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Anonymous
| Np - I love the kindle idea but I have to say that I rarely read for pleasure in college (and I love to read) - in fact, I used to take literature classes from time to time just to get a reading fix, because I knew if it was required course materials then I would have to make time to read it! |
Anonymous
But, you can download textbooks, etc. Its not just about reading for pleasure but I do agree with you on that. How about a nice camera? |
Anonymous
What about a Go Pro? |
Anonymous
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You can gift anything but here are graduation gift ideas
Personalized stationery. Watch or jewelry. Champagne. Houseplant. Art print. Sweet treats. Graduation scrapbook. Graduation Koozies. If you do like to make custom graduation koozies I suggest you visit https://shopsavvy.mobi/graduation-koozies/. |
Anonymous
Why not? |
Anonymous
| A quality leather duffle bag. |
Anonymous
I would not be thrilled if someone got my 18y old champagne. |
Anonymous
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Quality duffle bag (not a trunk, there's no room for it in today's dorms), swag to the college they are attending ( I'm not sure why you're opposed, but a gift card to the campus store is perfect).
Most of 00:42 is on target, but make the extension cords surge protectors (some dorms don't allow extension cords but do allownsurge protectors). The rest of the ideas aren't so great. My college kid and HS senior don't want stuff, they want cash and gift cards. |